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thanks for hanging out with us. until next time, keep the faith. >> for more information on today's show, visit tavis smiley at pbs.org. >> hi, i'm tavis smiley. join me next time from china. we'll meet with students who are challenging the status quo. that's next time. see you then. >> every community has a martin luther king boulevard. it is a place to make every day better. >> nationwide insurance supports tavis smiley. with every question and every answer, nationwide is proud to join tavis in removing obstacles to economic empowerment conversation at a time. >> additional funding provided by -- >> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> b
thanks for hanging out with us. until next time, keep the faith. >> for more information on today's show, visit tavis smiley at pbs.org. >> hi, i'm tavis smiley. join me next time from china. we'll meet with students who are challenging the status quo. that's next time. see you then. >> every community has a martin luther king boulevard. it is a place to make every day better. >> nationwide insurance supports tavis smiley. with every question and every answer, nationwide...
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i will not use the language but he says don't use blank or i will blow your clanking head off. tavis: this is in real life? >> she gave me the strength to escape from that situation. that i had so much strength in his voice. she gives strength to to other women, just not me. people write me and say, i broke up with my boyfriend. what with lucky do? i will go back out there and then be in life. she is like a james bond for women. tavis: how does jackie collins find herself in real life with a uzi in her face? >> i was at a party in beverly hills. i was with one of my best friends, the wife of sidney poitier. she was in the car with me and my husband was in the car with me. i was taking her home and at the time, they had a house that had a very long driveway. everyone has these codes that you have to kind of dig in and you can never get anyone's in right. i am trying to get it right and this guy -- we see this car go by. we see this guy go by and he turns around. the next thing, to land is screaming to get out of here. the guide appears in my window. he is literally inches from m
i will not use the language but he says don't use blank or i will blow your clanking head off. tavis: this is in real life? >> she gave me the strength to escape from that situation. that i had so much strength in his voice. she gives strength to to other women, just not me. people write me and say, i broke up with my boyfriend. what with lucky do? i will go back out there and then be in life. she is like a james bond for women. tavis: how does jackie collins find herself in real life...
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. >> you help us all live better. >> nationwide insurance supports tavis smiley. with every question and answer, nationwide insurance is happy to help tavis improve financial literacy and remove obstacles to economic empowerment one conversation at a time. nationwide is on your side. >> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. [captioning made possible by kcet public television] tavis: please welcome k.d. lang to this program. she is out with the critically acclaimed new cd called "single allowed -- sing it loud," with her band siss boom bang. >> ♪ now i know that letting go was -- again and again and again i confess, i need you badly hold me in your arms and loved me madly ♪ tavis: i cannot resist, k.d. lang, so i will say it one more time, siss boom bang. how did that come about? >> well, we recorded it around independence day. when this group of individuals walked into the studio, it felt like fireworks. i played the record for my best friend. she listened for a few days and said it starts off like day k.d. lang, then siss
. >> you help us all live better. >> nationwide insurance supports tavis smiley. with every question and answer, nationwide insurance is happy to help tavis improve financial literacy and remove obstacles to economic empowerment one conversation at a time. nationwide is on your side. >> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. [captioning made possible by kcet public television] tavis: please welcome k.d. lang to this program. she is out with...
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the police have used tear gas and water cannon. they are throwing rocks, they are coming and coming, pushing forward. >> i will stay. get out. get out. >> it is our time to run for it as the police charge back. there are wounded on both sides. teargas this line. after watching what happened in to nicias, something has been the unleased in these egyptians. -- after what happened in tunisia. >> we will stay here. >> on a mobile phone, someone catches the moment that a poster of president mubarak is torn down. they are furious about the lack of freedom and the economy. the country feels like it is going nowhere. they have vowed to stay here until the government fold. something really did begin to change in egypt. >> in lebanon, an american- educated billionaire has been appointed prime minister despite an outcry by supporters of his predecessor. he is the preferred choice of hezbollah and their allies. >> as power slipped away from their party's hands, they promised a day of rage. on some delivered. the supporters vented their anger o
the police have used tear gas and water cannon. they are throwing rocks, they are coming and coming, pushing forward. >> i will stay. get out. get out. >> it is our time to run for it as the police charge back. there are wounded on both sides. teargas this line. after watching what happened in to nicias, something has been the unleased in these egyptians. -- after what happened in tunisia. >> we will stay here. >> on a mobile phone, someone catches the moment that a...
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we're glad you've joined us. a conversation with mickey rourke. coming up. right now. >> every community has a martin luther king boulevard. it's the cornerstone we all know. it's not just a street or boulevard, but a place where walmart stands together with your community to make every day better. >> nationwide insurance supports tavis smiley. with every question and every answer, nationwide insurance is proud to join tavis in working to improve financial literacy and remove obstacles to economic empowerment one conversation at a time. nationwide is on your side. >> and by contribution to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. tavis: pleased to welcome mickey rourke back to this program following his oscar nominated role in "the wrestler." the actor continues his run in films like "iron man 2" and "immortals" opens this weekend and a scene from "immortals." >> does he know of my rage? does he know that i only live to see his blood at the end of my sword? does he know he butchered my mother? >> he's he's seen your face. he knows. tavis: we stop t
we're glad you've joined us. a conversation with mickey rourke. coming up. right now. >> every community has a martin luther king boulevard. it's the cornerstone we all know. it's not just a street or boulevard, but a place where walmart stands together with your community to make every day better. >> nationwide insurance supports tavis smiley. with every question and every answer, nationwide insurance is proud to join tavis in working to improve financial literacy and remove...
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we are glad you joined us. >> i know his name is james. he needs extra help with his reading. >> i and james. >> to everyone making a difference. >> thank you. >> you help us all live better. >> nationwide insurance support tavis smiley. nationwide is proud to join tavis smiley in improving literacy. nationwide is on your side. >> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. ♪ [captioning made possible by kcet public television] tavis: peter guber is a successful movie producer and movie studio executive. his films include "rain man" and "batman." his new best seller "tell to win: tramp with a heavy -- hidden power of story" is out now. it is good to have you here. one thing that fascinated me about the book is that you start out not by talking about winning but by losing. you talk about failing instead of succeeding. why start that way? >> the idea is that failure is an inevitable partner on the road to success. if you are not willing to confront failure, you never find out how good you are. the states so f
we are glad you joined us. >> i know his name is james. he needs extra help with his reading. >> i and james. >> to everyone making a difference. >> thank you. >> you help us all live better. >> nationwide insurance support tavis smiley. nationwide is proud to join tavis smiley in improving literacy. nationwide is on your side. >> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. ♪ [captioning made possible by kcet public...
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>> they counted us out from the beginning. if you look at it, odds were stacked against us. i'm used to that. but my favorite was, i kno you're talking about a "new york times" story. i always laugh when they get it wrong. a friend of mine owns the newspaper and they can't wait for it to be proven true. but they'll all be gone by the time that happens. tavis: he would love that. >> a wonderful writer, he wrote a 20-page profile of us, pretty much saying we were gone, this was in the year 2000, he said this company was king of the 1990's, harvey has the sensibilities of the 1990's, but the new millennium isn't for him. they had all these guys off the record, and i could tell who they were, three weeks later, not three weeks later, we got nominated for 40 academy awards. nobody has ever even come near that, including three movies, "chicago," "the hours," "and gangs of new york," all nominated for the best film. it was like throwing a no-hitter. tavis: finally this weekend, "hoodwinked too." >> i have four daughters from eight months to 16 years old. one thing we do is go to th
>> they counted us out from the beginning. if you look at it, odds were stacked against us. i'm used to that. but my favorite was, i kno you're talking about a "new york times" story. i always laugh when they get it wrong. a friend of mine owns the newspaper and they can't wait for it to be proven true. but they'll all be gone by the time that happens. tavis: he would love that. >> a wonderful writer, he wrote a 20-page profile of us, pretty much saying we were gone, this...
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i always use the word brick in the wall. i always think what we're constructing is a wall and each of these advances is another brick. and what i would say in this area, the potential for therapy we have a small wall and we're gradually moving to a big wall. and we'l graduly see one brick after another. it's hard work. it's partly imagination, a lot of it is perspation. i mean aot of it is just real grind in the laboratory. it needs money it needs resource. it needs focus d i ink there's many really good people including some at my own institution rockefeller university who are doing excellent work in this area. >> where are we in terms of are reaping t benefits of the map of the human again ly. >> switch to the genome. >> yes. what i can say about that. the first thing is some people have been a little disappointed because they felt you know we got the genome that was nearly the end of the story. >> dow understand their disappointment. >> i understand this because in fact we should have made it clear as scientists is actual
i always use the word brick in the wall. i always think what we're constructing is a wall and each of these advances is another brick. and what i would say in this area, the potential for therapy we have a small wall and we're gradually moving to a big wall. and we'l graduly see one brick after another. it's hard work. it's partly imagination, a lot of it is perspation. i mean aot of it is just real grind in the laboratory. it needs money it needs resource. it needs focus d i ink there's many...
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is there a larger message for us? >> this is about completing and a jovial rain that will take you from orange county into the -- completing an hov lane that will take you from orange county's. it is about creating transit and getting people out of a single passenger automobile. >> did it work as well as you thought it was going to work, or were you surprised? >> it worked better than anyone could have expected, but i am never surprised by the people of this town. i believe in this town. it is a city of dream makers and a city where anything is possible. >> we discussed a number of things, but since you are now the president of the u.s. conference of mayors, around the country, this issue of immigration is taking a stronger hold. there is a restlessness about your community about the situation, but since you mentioned your grandfather getting here 100 years ago, what is your assessment? >> wrongheaded. they missed the point. the fact is this is a great country because we have always embraced immigrants. we have every
is there a larger message for us? >> this is about completing and a jovial rain that will take you from orange county into the -- completing an hov lane that will take you from orange county's. it is about creating transit and getting people out of a single passenger automobile. >> did it work as well as you thought it was going to work, or were you surprised? >> it worked better than anyone could have expected, but i am never surprised by the people of this town. i believe in...
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we are glad you have joined us. john farrell and gary sinise coming up now. >> all i know is his name is james, and he needs extra help with his reading. >> i am james. >> yes. >> to everyone making a difference -- >> thank you. >> you help us all live better. >> nationwide insurance supports tavis smiley. with every question and every answer, nationwide insurance is proud to join tavis in working to improve financial literacy and remove obstacles to economic empowerment, one conversation at a time. nationwide is on your side. >> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. [captioning made possible by kcet public television] tavis: john farrell is an award winning journalist whose books include one about jameel. the book is called gary sini"cle darrow: attorney for the damned". clarence darrow was who? >> he was probably america's greatest or grandest defense lawyer. he is familiar to most people as henry drummer. for lawyers, you do not graduate with out having someone sang we have ou
we are glad you have joined us. john farrell and gary sinise coming up now. >> all i know is his name is james, and he needs extra help with his reading. >> i am james. >> yes. >> to everyone making a difference -- >> thank you. >> you help us all live better. >> nationwide insurance supports tavis smiley. with every question and every answer, nationwide insurance is proud to join tavis in working to improve financial literacy and remove obstacles to...
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stay with with us. tavis: morgan spurlock is an oscar-nominated filmmaker whose credits include "supersize me." his newest project is called "pom wonderful presents: the greatest movie ever sold." here's a scene from "the greatest movie ever sold." >> i want to make a film about product places placement, marketing and tissment. where it's paid for by market and product place. -- placement. it's branded from begin the end, from the above the title author, the qualcomm, it will be married to the film. >> it's redundant. >> in perpetuity, forever. that was more -- tavis: this is the infamous "pitch me." >> -- "pitch meeting." >> exactly. tavis: tell me what you were doing. >> we tried to get the whole film paid for by product placement and advertising. the people you see me meeting with are from the ad world, the agency world. if anybody can get me companies, it's these guys. none of them wanted anything to do with the movie at all from then we started calling product placement companies, then i started ca
stay with with us. tavis: morgan spurlock is an oscar-nominated filmmaker whose credits include "supersize me." his newest project is called "pom wonderful presents: the greatest movie ever sold." here's a scene from "the greatest movie ever sold." >> i want to make a film about product places placement, marketing and tissment. where it's paid for by market and product place. -- placement. it's branded from begin the end, from the above the title author, the...
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the decision to use air power against colonel gadhafi in libya was taken quickly, so quickly that they are still sorting out the politics behind it. if that is one reason for the london conference, assembling ministers and diplomats from 40 countries, and the arab league and the african union to back u.n. resolutions. though thertheir enthusiasm for military action varies. the mandate to protect civilians also means taking sides in a civil war. >> we made the right choice, that was to draw a line in the desert sand to halt the murderous advance of gaddafi's forces. no one has yet to explain when or how that commitment ends. the conference also said -- started the process toward more legitimacy. this is the closest of rebels have to a political leadership and would like more help on the ground, too. >> the americans said they would consider arming the rebels. is that something you would like? >> you can see that they are fighting with machine guns, etc. >> the u.s., france, and britain are talking about army the rebels. bombs will fall near gaddafi's compound in tripoli again today. tha
the decision to use air power against colonel gadhafi in libya was taken quickly, so quickly that they are still sorting out the politics behind it. if that is one reason for the london conference, assembling ministers and diplomats from 40 countries, and the arab league and the african union to back u.n. resolutions. though thertheir enthusiasm for military action varies. the mandate to protect civilians also means taking sides in a civil war. >> we made the right choice, that was to...
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stay with us. ice-t is a legendary hip-hop artist who has enjoyed a terrific acting career as well as starring of course on "law & order: s.v.u.." he's out with a new memoir about his unique and unlikely journey. it's called "ice, a memoir." of gangster life and redemption. from south central to hollywood. he joins us tonight from new york. ice-t, good to have you back on the program, brother. >> hey, good to hear from you, tavis. yeah, man. it's an honor. tavis: i think most people as i mentioned a moment ago, most of you -- of us know you as a west copy rapper and in the memoir it didn't start on the west coast. not too far from where you are tonight, in newark, new jersey. >> yeah, i was born in newark, new jersey. raised in summit, new jersey. my mother passed when i was in the third grade. my father when i was in the seventh. and that's when i was shipped to los angeles to live with an aunt. and that's where the story most people are familiar with begins. tavis: that doesn't sound like ice-t.
stay with us. ice-t is a legendary hip-hop artist who has enjoyed a terrific acting career as well as starring of course on "law & order: s.v.u.." he's out with a new memoir about his unique and unlikely journey. it's called "ice, a memoir." of gangster life and redemption. from south central to hollywood. he joins us tonight from new york. ice-t, good to have you back on the program, brother. >> hey, good to hear from you, tavis. yeah, man. it's an honor. tavis: i...
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often over used in this town. an academy award for lifetime achievement, as you're going to this process and making these films, he or spinning off all these people that we are going to talk about, i will throw some names that you. but when you go off on this process, you are not receiving academy awards. how did you process that? tavis: i did not expect it. most of my films have either been medium-budget or low budget. it was the winner of more minor awards that i have never heard of. tavis: was that enough for you? >> that is all i was looking for. tavis: this stuff is not small by your standards, but certainly the weinsteins have turned independent film making into academy award winning stuff. >> the weinsteins and bob shay. they both took foreign films and did very well with those buying them. and they started making medium and low-budget films. they moved up to a somewhat bigger -- they're too of the films. tavis: what do you think of the state of in the films? >> is not great. every film limeade got a full t
often over used in this town. an academy award for lifetime achievement, as you're going to this process and making these films, he or spinning off all these people that we are going to talk about, i will throw some names that you. but when you go off on this process, you are not receiving academy awards. how did you process that? tavis: i did not expect it. most of my films have either been medium-budget or low budget. it was the winner of more minor awards that i have never heard of. tavis:...
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stay with us if you can. much more to come. the duke of edinburgh's move to rejoin the british royal family after four nights in hospital. the richest countries in the world are not doing enough to respond to large-scale disasters, so says the british government, which is of course one of them. the minister for international development is warning that the number of earthquakes and humanitarian disasters is likely to increase next year. he warns the wealthy nations to coordinate their efforts into the united nations relief fund. last year, 263 million people lives were blighted by floods, famines, other natural catastrophes. here is drought in the horn of africa alone, it left millions fighting for survival. the british government says that with the scale of such disasters only likely to increase in the coming year, the world remains unprepared. without giving any names, it accuses some rich western nations of not doing enough to fund the un emergency response system designed to speed up relief to crisis zones with one central
stay with us if you can. much more to come. the duke of edinburgh's move to rejoin the british royal family after four nights in hospital. the richest countries in the world are not doing enough to respond to large-scale disasters, so says the british government, which is of course one of them. the minister for international development is warning that the number of earthquakes and humanitarian disasters is likely to increase next year. he warns the wealthy nations to coordinate their efforts...
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that brings us to the end of today's broadcast. for all of us here at world news america, sigh you back here tomorrow. thank you for watching. >> make sense of international news at bbc.com/news. >> funding was made possible by the freeman foundation of new york, stowe, vermont, and honolulu, newman's own foundation and union bank. ♪ >> union bank has put its global financial strength to work for a wide range of companies. what can can we do for you? >> world news america was presented by kcet, los angeles. (exclaiming) (laughing) hey! announcer: funding for curious george is provided by contributions to your pbs station and from: and was made possible by: >> ♪ i'm a whirlibird... >> chuck e. cheese's, proud supporter of pbs kids, solutes all the parents who know staying active with their kids is fun and healthy for them. >> ♪ i'm a whirlibird. >> pbs kids, where a kid can be a kid. rainforest cafe, proud sponsor of curious george, reminding you that anyone can make the world a brighter place by conserving our natural resourc
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thank you for joining us. in other news from around the world, tens of thousands of egyptians have been holding a huge rally in cairo trying to put pressure on the military authority to speed up their handover of power. this comes ahead of parliamentary elections later this month. official sources in damascus say that syria has at least in principle agreed to some delegations by the arab league. the iaea has expressed deep and increasing concern about iran's nuclear program. they passed a resolution calling -- their nuclear ambitions immediately. the national league of democracy in burma said they will stand in the upcoming elections and party officials say that their leader, aung san suu kyi, might also take part. president obama said that hillary clinton would go there next month. in libya, it has been a month since the country was declared liberated but weapons stockpiles are still unsecured. the international community has expressed concern that they could find their way into the hands of foreign militant
thank you for joining us. in other news from around the world, tens of thousands of egyptians have been holding a huge rally in cairo trying to put pressure on the military authority to speed up their handover of power. this comes ahead of parliamentary elections later this month. official sources in damascus say that syria has at least in principle agreed to some delegations by the arab league. the iaea has expressed deep and increasing concern about iran's nuclear program. they passed a...
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like really like a bare of all that stuff she uses. i would like to see that. i would like to see her in a pair of jeans and a white t-shirt and hair down and no make up and just like standing there in front of the camera and try to get intimacy. >> charlie: you have a list of people. >> very specific. >> charlie: in other words, a certain look requires a certain photographer. >> exactly, exactly. i mean the concept usually it's the concept. if we don't like the concept we put something together that has like all the layering like so. we have a lot of meetings with like the marketing people. let's say we did a lot of fragrance, right, we work on the fragrance and sit down with the company and see what they are marketing with the next product. then we would get that approved and then we would assign the right team to it. the right photographer, the right model, so we can successfully fulfill. >> charlie: what's the most challengin for you? >> i think it's to put the whole thing together. >> charlie: to make all the elements come together. >> yes. >> charlie: at
like really like a bare of all that stuff she uses. i would like to see that. i would like to see her in a pair of jeans and a white t-shirt and hair down and no make up and just like standing there in front of the camera and try to get intimacy. >> charlie: you have a list of people. >> very specific. >> charlie: in other words, a certain look requires a certain photographer. >> exactly, exactly. i mean the concept usually it's the concept. if we don't like the concept...
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tell us mayou thought about. because he wasn't good to his wife, becausely sort of had a bad moment. because.... >> i had just, you know, i kind of thought about the fact that, you know, this-- i don't know. i found it relatable in the sense that, you know, at least for myself-- ask i think i'm speaking for others-- we look at our lives and we're maybe three or four steps away from being that guy sitting on the front lawn drinking beer. like why not? if there were a couple, different things that didn't go our way, we could be on the barcolounger and just go screw it. >> rose: it could happen. >> but i try to focus on just the loneliness that this guy must feel and i mean we talked a lot about the tone of this movie and how we wanted it to be as real as possible. and in playing an alcoholic, that's a tricky thing, too, so we decided we would err on. >> rose: had. >> so nick has decided he's going to stay on his lawn, and in order to do that, he has to feign having a yard sale. otherwise he will get kicked off. in
tell us mayou thought about. because he wasn't good to his wife, becausely sort of had a bad moment. because.... >> i had just, you know, i kind of thought about the fact that, you know, this-- i don't know. i found it relatable in the sense that, you know, at least for myself-- ask i think i'm speaking for others-- we look at our lives and we're maybe three or four steps away from being that guy sitting on the front lawn drinking beer. like why not? if there were a couple, different...
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glad you've joined us for a conversation with ellen barkin right now. >> every community has the martin luther king boulevard. it's the cornerstone we all know. it's not just a street or boulevard but wal-mart helps make every day better. >> nationwide insurance sports tavis smiley and working to improve literacy and remove obstacles one conversation at a time. nationwide is on your side. >> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. ♪ tavis: i'm delighted to welcome ellen barkin to this program, the emmy and tony winning actress had so many notable roles in her outstanding career including her performance in the play "a normal heart." the latest project is a new film "another happy day" which opens this friday in new york and l.a. so here now some scenes from "another happy day." >> what are you doing with him? you had your fourth rehab four months ago. >> she's with her ex-husband. >> want to make sure she doesn't walk into a emotional, volatile atmosphere. >> it's a wedding. they're not volatile. >> if we could have the groom walk her to her seat. >>
glad you've joined us for a conversation with ellen barkin right now. >> every community has the martin luther king boulevard. it's the cornerstone we all know. it's not just a street or boulevard but wal-mart helps make every day better. >> nationwide insurance sports tavis smiley and working to improve literacy and remove obstacles one conversation at a time. nationwide is on your side. >> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. ♪ tavis:...
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the only way we can achie our goals using different mobile, using new technology. electronic car, e-commerce in the fute. we view it much better supply and demand relationship to understand the people's behavior. so i think the key from my liefs, china s to have knowledge and understand -- >> charlie: that's the problem for the united states toby the way. >> that's the opportunity. >> charlie: could move from a manufacturing model to what's called a knowledge industry. >> we canolve the problem we are facing. i think the big, most successful thing is mobile use solve the problem. the fundamental china business problem is we come out of consumption and so much energy. we come using translesional mobile. >> charlie is chinese industry primarily going to be serving chinese consumers? the demand there is going to be so huge. >> in technology i will say china and the u.s. perfect mobile working together. look at the action become the largest company. the manufacturer -- >> charlie: apple has become the largest company. >> that's ght. in china, most innovations -- and no
the only way we can achie our goals using different mobile, using new technology. electronic car, e-commerce in the fute. we view it much better supply and demand relationship to understand the people's behavior. so i think the key from my liefs, china s to have knowledge and understand -- >> charlie: that's the problem for the united states toby the way. >> that's the opportunity. >> charlie: could move from a manufacturing model to what's called a knowledge industry....
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let's use energy more efficiently. let's go. >> union bank has put its financial strength to work for a wide range of companies, from small businesses to major corporations. what can we do for you? >> "bbc world news america" was presented by kcet los angeles. (george chattering excitedly) this program was made possible by: >> ♪ i'm a whirlibird... >> chuck e. cheese's, proud supporter of pbs kids, solutes all the parents who know staying active with their kids is fun and healthy for them. >> ♪ i'm a whirlibird. >> pbs kids, where a kid can be a kid. for over 90 years, stride rite's been there, from the first wobbly walk to the first day of school, helping you choose the right shoes. stride rite is a proud sponsor of curious george. rainforest cafe, proud sponsor of curious george, reminding you that anyone can make the world a brighter place by conserving our natural resources. when you're saving one can... both: you're saving toucans! (toucan squawks) funding for curious george is provided by contributions to you
let's use energy more efficiently. let's go. >> union bank has put its financial strength to work for a wide range of companies, from small businesses to major corporations. what can we do for you? >> "bbc world news america" was presented by kcet los angeles. (george chattering excitedly) this program was made possible by: >> ♪ i'm a whirlibird... >> chuck e. cheese's, proud supporter of pbs kids, solutes all the parents who know staying active with their...
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angela merkel said this about david cameron perry >> david cameron was at the negotiating table with us and we made this decision. what we cannot do was make a lousy compromise. >> other leaders noted that britain had been alone demanding concessions. >> they are divided and they are outside of the decision making. >> the mood seemed to extend to a ceremony welcoming croatia as the latest european union member. >> last but not least, the net it can numb, mr. david cameron. -- the united kingdom, mr. david cameron. the european leaders headed home with a new pact to instill discipline over their spending. what has not been addressed is debt and slow growth, the fundamental problems of the eurozone. >>> as we have seen so many times before, all of these events in brussels are having financial implications all over the world. i am joined by john cassidy from new yorker magazine. let's start with the idea this treaty has not come up with a solution to the fund and the problem of slow growth in europe. >> that is true, but we should not underestimate what happened. from the british point of
angela merkel said this about david cameron perry >> david cameron was at the negotiating table with us and we made this decision. what we cannot do was make a lousy compromise. >> other leaders noted that britain had been alone demanding concessions. >> they are divided and they are outside of the decision making. >> the mood seemed to extend to a ceremony welcoming croatia as the latest european union member. >> last but not least, the net it can numb, mr. david...
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stay with us, if you can, on "bbc world news." still to come -- goodbye to the elizabeth taylor. first though, britain's government has unveiled a budget intended to get the nation's finances under control. the optimistic growth forecast has been reined in. >> spring has sprung in westminster, but the picture of the british economy is not nearly so cheerful. unemployment is rising. so, too, is the cost of living. inflation is at a 28-month high. and across the country, and happiness is growing at cuts in services. so, as george osborn allows himself a little smile in downing street, it is because he knows he has delivered the bulk of the bad news about spending cuts and tax rises. >> this is a budget bill on found money, that encourages enterprise, that supports manufacturing and investment, and is based on robust independent figures. a budget for making things, not making things up. britain has a plan, and we are sticking to it. >> the opposition labour party was not impressed. they said the ministers themselves were responsible for the forecast. >> it did not happen by chance.
stay with us, if you can, on "bbc world news." still to come -- goodbye to the elizabeth taylor. first though, britain's government has unveiled a budget intended to get the nation's finances under control. the optimistic growth forecast has been reined in. >> spring has sprung in westminster, but the picture of the british economy is not nearly so cheerful. unemployment is rising. so, too, is the cost of living. inflation is at a 28-month high. and across the country, and...
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but they're going to use one of my tunes on the soundtrack. anso i'm vyleas with what i have produced this sort of late period. and i saiand it feels like the things wer good, that i've been doing. i'm not kidding self that i'm just, you know, spitting in the windr turning my wheels or spinning my wheels, i can't think of a good met a for. >> did you say i want to write a nol or did you say i have mething-- i want to write about the art world. >> no i said i want to write something. because see i had published actually two novellas, and a full length memoir. >> all of which you were here to talk about. >> right. and i'm back for more punishment. but i wanted to write something longer. i knew that. and i was in the mood to write it. sort of like it's a strange urge that comes over me. if i want to write a song i just have this urge to do it. and i'm in a very lucky spot in that i do not earn my living from any of these things. i guess would say i earn my living from movies. so i don't really have to do it. i do it when i want to. and it's-- i'm
but they're going to use one of my tunes on the soundtrack. anso i'm vyleas with what i have produced this sort of late period. and i saiand it feels like the things wer good, that i've been doing. i'm not kidding self that i'm just, you know, spitting in the windr turning my wheels or spinning my wheels, i can't think of a good met a for. >> did you say i want to write a nol or did you say i have mething-- i want to write about the art world. >> no i said i want to write something....
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what made it an event for us in the media to concede was unmediated you can prepare the protagonists for the stage but when they're up there they're on their own. what i found fascinating is rupert murdoch spent a lot of his first testimony not being rupert murdoch and being contrite and as the afternoon wore on what you saw was the emergence of very much the 20th century media mogul got more gruff but maybe felt more honest. at one pointthe questioner said rupert murdoch i'm going turn to you since i don't seem to get far with james murdoch and he got more gruff. he steamed to respond in a differt way. james was every bit the picture of a 20th centu corporate polished ceo saying no matter the merit of the question that's a tremendous and terrific question and i appreciate the manner in which it's been asked and his preambles were enormous and the content of the answers were minimal and existing always flattering the questioner. what i liked was the contrast. murdoch was as he said, humbled and i think he was contrite. the measure of the contrition seed to go down toughout the day un
what made it an event for us in the media to concede was unmediated you can prepare the protagonists for the stage but when they're up there they're on their own. what i found fascinating is rupert murdoch spent a lot of his first testimony not being rupert murdoch and being contrite and as the afternoon wore on what you saw was the emergence of very much the 20th century media mogul got more gruff but maybe felt more honest. at one pointthe questioner said rupert murdoch i'm going turn to you...
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i don't know if he set us up but he certainly set us up really well if that's what he was doing. he... we wound up all skinny dipping, let's just cut to the chase. (cheers and applause >> so skinny dipping. u, cindy crawford, evan... >> well, cindy wasn't there. >> rose: >> let's just say she was there. let's add to the story. >> i know that will be so much better >> let's take charlie rose t! >> he instigated! he instigated! >> charlie rose instigated? charlie rose said "let's get naked?" >> well,eorge said "walter cronkite was here, when croite s here he jumped in the lake." well, he didt on the second night. we're here on the first night, we're having wine, having a beautiful dinner so he throws a gauntlet down, are you guys going to jump in the lake on the first night? are you going to top cronkite? >> uh-huh. did cronkite skinny dip? >> the trap was set. did kronk kite skinny chip? >> he jumped in in full tux. so the only way to top that was to go thehole other way. (laughs) >> i don't follow the lodge tlik but... (laughter) >> rose: (laughs) >> i don't remember any of this,
i don't know if he set us up but he certainly set us up really well if that's what he was doing. he... we wound up all skinny dipping, let's just cut to the chase. (cheers and applause >> so skinny dipping. u, cindy crawford, evan... >> well, cindy wasn't there. >> rose: >> let's just say she was there. let's add to the story. >> i know that will be so much better >> let's take charlie rose t! >> he instigated! he instigated! >> charlie rose...
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they are beating us, killing us. there is government oppression, ok? they are using tear gas. >> at first, the police seemed to step aside, wrong footed by the size of the demonstration. then they regrouped. but protesters stood their ground, a couple even confronting the water cannon. the driver seemed confused about what to do. others picked up rocks and through them at the police. the confrontation went back and forth through the center of cairo. these are amazing scenes. the police keep trying to disperse the protesters. protestors keep pushing them back in the face of teargas and water cannons. when protesters to rocks at them, the police throw the rocks back. >> look at my bond. i am here. i will stay. >> they made another charge. we saw injuries among protesters and police, lots of blood. but there was no sight of gunfire. oneç egyptian caught this put t on his mobile phone. there are images upper president 00 -- of hosni mubarak being torn down. this will be a huge shock to him. the protesters believe that after tunisian anything is possible.
they are beating us, killing us. there is government oppression, ok? they are using tear gas. >> at first, the police seemed to step aside, wrong footed by the size of the demonstration. then they regrouped. but protesters stood their ground, a couple even confronting the water cannon. the driver seemed confused about what to do. others picked up rocks and through them at the police. the confrontation went back and forth through the center of cairo. these are amazing scenes. the police...
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, after the 1994 success and it knocked us down many pegs and that made us better. >> charlie: winning four. >> got there first. >> charlie: does it add pressure to you, knowing that you could tie for the -- >> no, because i want to win as much as roger wants to win and as much as these guys want to win as well, certainly in a very unique position, i'm honored to be in this position and i dream about it because i think you should dream big, and but i've got to work four times as hard to get the four wins and i certainly have a fantastic team, and today, i think i can speak for all of us but we feel so great and honored to wear the team penske shirt. when you're talking about 15 wins, you know when you're going to the indianapolis 500 you have a great chance to be competitive. like ryan and we were saying, it's about the circumstances during the race that you are going to put us in a situation. we've got to put ourselves. unfortunately, when mistakes were -- or situations outside of our control happens, it's just racing, but certainly i'm really looking forward to this one and hopefully
, after the 1994 success and it knocked us down many pegs and that made us better. >> charlie: winning four. >> got there first. >> charlie: does it add pressure to you, knowing that you could tie for the -- >> no, because i want to win as much as roger wants to win and as much as these guys want to win as well, certainly in a very unique position, i'm honored to be in this position and i dream about it because i think you should dream big, and but i've got to work four...
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i don't think there are that many of us or any of them. but on the other hand there might be a lot of unseruous and irresponsible people outside the beltway. and you know, i think the country first of all takes a look at-- it's not only 7% concerned about the deficit. it may not be the top issue but it is always second or third it is a major issue. in part because they see the government behaving in ways thatre simply not respsible in pt because they do see there is a big long-term problem out there. and in part because they see it and they're right about this, it's symptomatic of the really shamefulature of the way the government works which is irresponsible on a whole series of levels and doesn't work on a whole series of levels. now abstractly i could completely agree that we should have a little short-term spending. like a payroll cut holiday, as a way to boost the economy short term. and then a long rankig deficit program. if there was a serious commitment to a long-range debt reduction program i think a lot of people would tolerate a
i don't think there are that many of us or any of them. but on the other hand there might be a lot of unseruous and irresponsible people outside the beltway. and you know, i think the country first of all takes a look at-- it's not only 7% concerned about the deficit. it may not be the top issue but it is always second or third it is a major issue. in part because they see the government behaving in ways thatre simply not respsible in pt because they do see there is a big long-term problem out...
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his animosity on us. but mostly on my mother. i mean, i'm talking about real violence, real brutality. blood and beatings and screams in the night. and al the kind of things that may be a perfect candidate for psychiatry and i have a great sense of... a great sense of luck and fortune that a man by the name of peter newbauer was the psychiatrist that tended to my needs the second time around but the brutality of my father took its toll but it helped me derstand once i started bringing children in into the world/may not have known all the things i should have done but i certainly knew a host of things i would never do. >> rose: we should say that there's one moment that's very touching in what your dad was going to go off to do something fun with you and your mom said no, you weren't going and so your dad... take up the story. >> well, as a kid i the 1930s and the 1940s in harlem there were not any ro models that were ailable to us. certainly not in the abundance that exists now. and one of the real heroes
his animosity on us. but mostly on my mother. i mean, i'm talking about real violence, real brutality. blood and beatings and screams in the night. and al the kind of things that may be a perfect candidate for psychiatry and i have a great sense of... a great sense of luck and fortune that a man by the name of peter newbauer was the psychiatrist that tended to my needs the second time around but the brutality of my father took its toll but it helped me derstand once i started bringing children...
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we need a vacation, both of us. we need a vacation. >> rose: because it's just hard work. >> yeah. >> rose: you have been doing too many things. >> it's hard work, this last month of going through previews and putting a thing on broadway, we've never been through that before. and it's been hard work but also emotionally intense. just being in the room with a thousand people watching something that you do, even though we do a tv show that 14 times a year on wednesday nights 2 or 3 million people see, it's something different about being in the room with those people and watching it, you know. >> there is something to like asking a woman who has just given birth, you know, dow want to do it again? give her a few weeks. >> rose: good point. take a look at this. this is a moment from the oscar nominated song blame canada. >> should we blame the government. >> or blame society. >> or should we blame the on tv. >> no, blame canada. blame canada. for their baedy little eyes, blame canada, blame canada ♪ ♪ you need to f
we need a vacation, both of us. we need a vacation. >> rose: because it's just hard work. >> yeah. >> rose: you have been doing too many things. >> it's hard work, this last month of going through previews and putting a thing on broadway, we've never been through that before. and it's been hard work but also emotionally intense. just being in the room with a thousand people watching something that you do, even though we do a tv show that 14 times a year on wednesday...
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president kennedy didn't live long enough for us to know... he had the cuban missile crisis, then he went to this triumphant berlin speech. he turned tougher toward the soviet union. so in some ways i'm watching obama now to see whether this osama bin laden moment has a larger impact on his presidency but i do think that even though we have very, very periods of time, half century apart, young, inexperienced, relatively inexperienced brilliant charismatic presidents dealing with, i think, the 2011 is going to be every bit as important to world history as 1961 was if not more important. >> rose: really. because of osama bin laden? >> because of the middle east upheavals. >> rose: right, because of arab spring. >> right. and what a president does at times like 1961 and at times like the middle east upheavals is magnifyed in terms of its impact and ramifications. >> rose: so how do you assess what the president's done so far? >> in libya, i would have made some comparisons to the bay of pigs in the sense that people who told him to intervene... n
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we should use... we shouldn't use the term pigs anymore becausin portugal and in spain they are committed to austerity and the governments are making it work. in greece they're not and prime minister papandreou has s a spent political force at this point. his government is not going to last and whether it's in the next few months or sometime next year-- i think it's probably next year--. >> rose: he cannot impose the austerity that's necessary? >> he can't and they can't pay. clearly at some point some form of default is going to occur in greece because they can't continue to pay. and the point is that there is a very strong incentive to contin to ensure that when that occurs is as far in the future as possible to secure other parts of the euro zone. it's not just about letting them grow out, it's also allowing them to differentiate themselves and that's the objective. >> rose: zanny? >> i wish i shared ian's optimism. i think the muddle-through strategy has been a catastrophe. i think we're getting c
we should use... we shouldn't use the term pigs anymore becausin portugal and in spain they are committed to austerity and the governments are making it work. in greece they're not and prime minister papandreou has s a spent political force at this point. his government is not going to last and whether it's in the next few months or sometime next year-- i think it's probably next year--. >> rose: he cannot impose the austerity that's necessary? >> he can't and they can't pay....
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you're back with us. go ahead. >> i don't think that's accurate gwen, to say we haven't made progress. as i think you saw in the newspapers today, starting this morning we were enforcing the arms embargo as a result of nato action. we're finalizing command and control infrastructure for the no-fly zone but we know it's important over the last two days, the enforcement of the no-fly zone was done principally if not entirely by non-u.s. airplanes. now the united states still flew important missions as relate too old gathering intelligence, as it relates to fueling those airplanes and as it relates to jamming certain communications. but the bottom line is that this is now the international community that's stepping up. so i just don't agree the premise of the question. >> reporter: secretary clinton said it would be easiest if colonel qaddafi left and we heard admiral mullen, the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff say that this week that he didn't know. they had to envision a possibility that he would sti
you're back with us. go ahead. >> i don't think that's accurate gwen, to say we haven't made progress. as i think you saw in the newspapers today, starting this morning we were enforcing the arms embargo as a result of nato action. we're finalizing command and control infrastructure for the no-fly zone but we know it's important over the last two days, the enforcement of the no-fly zone was done principally if not entirely by non-u.s. airplanes. now the united states still flew important...